Machine was the optimistic one of the two of us about the 2026 Texas Rangers, and so far, so good. The Rangers are 4-1, but better still is how they’ve looked getting there. You have to encouraged right now, right?Mark Cuban, come do our podcast! Because it seems like every time the man does one, tea gets spilled. The latest and greatest happened this week on the Intersections podcast, which is hosted by former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert and Dallas businessman Kyle Waldrep. In there, Cuban said that he regrets selling the team to the Adelsons and that Jason Kidd helped order the Code Red to trade Luka Doncic. How many more bodies should we expect him to dig up?It’s Pie's turn to break down a Cowboys prospect. I got ambitious last week and threw out Rueben Bain’s name. This time, why don’t you have some fun of your own? Give us the name of a defensive guy higher up the board who would make a lot of sense for the Cowboys, even if they have to go up to get him. Last week, we did a mock draft. And one of the big lessons–aside from the fact that you can’t go with a non-Caleb Downs safety at 12 – is the Cowboys probably will need to trade up to get one of the elite defensive players. We’ve broken down two we really like–why don’t we run a scenario where the Cowboys trade up and see if they can land one of these dudes?Then we're joined by Bobby Karalla of DLLS Mavs/Head of Content for All-City. Bobby has been covering the Mavs for 13 years and is the best in the business at evaluating this franchise. Check out his work on the DLLS Mavs show. —-------------------Like and subscribe to our channel if you enjoy StrongSide.If you'd like to read even more great journalism about Dallas sports then please consider subscribing to D Magazine at dmagazine.comSubscribe to the StrongSide newsletter for weekly updates on the sports happenings in Dallas https://www.dmagazine.com/site/newsletters/Studio: Haymaker Studio in FriscoProducer: Matt Czizek and Julian DeanHosts: Mike Piellucci and Mike Marshall